# 女郎花
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 郎 | 花 |
| おみなえし |||
| Grade: 1 | Grade: S | Grade: 1 |
| jukujikun |||
* Alternative spelling
* 女郞花 (kyūjitai)
⟨womi$_1$na pe$_1$si⟩ → */womʲinapʲesi/ → /wominafeɕi/ → /wominaweɕi/ → /ominaeɕi/
From Old Japanese.
Possibly a compound of Old Japanese elements 女 (⟨womi$_1$na⟩ → omina, “young woman”) +‎ 圧し (⟨pe$_1$si⟩ → heshi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of archaic verb 圧す (hesu), “to dent, force, push”). (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おみなえし [òmínáꜜèshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [o̞mʲina̠e̞ɕi]

#### Noun

女郎花(おみなえし) or 女郎花(オミナエシ) or 女郎花(おみなべし) or 女郎花(オミナベシ) • (ominaeshi or ominabeshi)
* Patrinia scabiosifolia, the yellow-patrinia or golden lace
    Synonyms: 女郎 (jorō), 血眼草 (chimegusa)
* (poetic) allusion to 佐紀 (Saki, a placename)
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 675:, text here
    娘子(をみな)部四(へし)咲(さき)澤(さは)二(に)生流(おふる)花(はな)勝(かつ)見(み)都(かつて)毛(も)不知(しらぬ)戀(こひ)裳(も)摺(する)可聞(かも) [Man'yōgana]
    をみなへし佐紀(さき)沢(さは)に生(お)ふる花(はな)かつみかつても知(し)らぬ恋(こひ)もするかも [Modern spelling]
* (poetic) a young woman, maiden
** 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 4, poem 226)
    名(な)にめでて折(を)れる許(ばかり)ぞをみなへし我(われ)落(お)ちにきと人(ひと)に語(かた)るな
       na ni medete oreru bakari zo ominaeshi ware ochiniki to hito ni kataru na
       Having admired them in name, only to be picking them, maiden flowers do not tell that to people that I had fallen
* a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “color combination by layering of garments”) with the front having green 経糸 (tateito, “warps”) and yellow 横糸 (yokoito, “wefts”), and lined with green or yellow-green; reminiscent of the Patrinia scabiosifolia flowers
    Synonym: 女郎花色 (ominaeshi-iro)
* (nyōbō kotoba) millet
    Synonym: 粟 (awa)
* (nyōbō kotoba) mochi made from millet
    Synonym: 粟餅 (awamochi)

##### Derived terms

* 女郎花(おみなえし)合(あ)わせ (ominaeshi awase)
* 女郎花(おみなえし)色(いろ) (ominaeshi-iro)
* 女郎花(おみなえし)月(づき) (ominaeshizuki)
* 春(はる)女郎花(おみなえし) (haru ominaeshi)
* 大(おお)葉(ば)女郎花(おみなえし) (ōba ominaeshi)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 郎 | 花 |
| おみなめし |||
| Grade: 1 | Grade: S | Grade: 1 |
| jukujikun |||
* Alternative spelling
* 女郞花 (kyūjitai)
Shift from variant pronunciation ominabeshi above. The /-b-/ loses plosive and becomes nasal /-m-/.

#### Noun

女郎花(おみなめし) • (ominameshi)
* Patrinia scabiosifolia, the yellow-patrinia or golden lace
* (joseigo) millet
    Synonym: 粟 (awa)
* (joseigo) steamed rice with millet
    Synonym: 粟飯 (awameshi)

#### Proper noun

女郎花(おみなめし) • (Ominameshi)
* a 謡曲 (yōkyoku, “noh song”)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 郎 | 花 |
| じょ Grade: 1 | ろう Grade: S | か Grade: 1 |
| kan'on |||
* Alternative spelling
* 女郞花 (kyūjitai)
Compound of 女郎 (jorō, “young woman”) +‎ 花 (ka, “flower”).

#### Noun

女(じょ)郎(ろう)花(か) • (jorōka)
* Patrinia scabiosifolia, the yellow-patrinia or golden lace
* Synonym of 木蓮 (mokuren): Magnolia liliiflora, the lily magnolia or Japanese magnolia

### See also

* 男郎花(オトコエシ) (otokoeshi, “Patrinia villosa”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Etymology entry for 女郎花 (ominaeshi) on Yurai-Gogen Jiten (Origin and Etymology Dictionary; in Japanese): http://yain.jp/i/女郎花